Nigeria amnesty under threat

Shaky ground: President Goodluck Jonathan's militant amnesty could fail within months, report claims

Nigeria’s amnesty offered to militant groups in 2009 is on shaky ground and “could fail within months”, putting the country’s staple oil & gas industry under increased threat, a report claimed.

A clampdown on illegal bunkering by the Goodluck Jonathan administration may push agitators back to the creeks in key oil-producing states with pipeline attacks, abductions and other criminal behavior likely to rise as a result, the report from Bergen Risk Solutions claimed.

Nigeria’s government and oil industry has experienced a dip in attacks since militant groups were offered an amnesty in 2009, with many taking up the offer and dropping their guns. However, concerns abound that much of the promises made in the amnesty have not been carried through.

“Frustration among former militants grows as the amnesty program fails to…

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